Charles Emil Hedin
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Object Number - UPL 34577 - 1Lt Charles E Hedin
Pilot, Hedin Crew. 381st BG, 533rd BS, 8th AF. Killed in Action, 14 July 1943 in B-17 #42-3223 "Red Hot Riding Hood". Mission #9 to Amiens-Glisy, France. Plane developed engine trouble and exploded over Rattlesden Base.
Astoria, NY
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34386005
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11053404
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36261554
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 432nd Air Service Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34206178
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator/Link Trainer Instructor
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35381538
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer
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| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Wilmington, DE, USA | 17 August 1918 | |
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Enlisted |
New York, NY, USA | 21 January 1942 | |
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Other Killed in Action |
Rattlesden, Bury Saint Edmunds IP30, UK | 14 July 1943 | |
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Buried |
Brookwood American Cemetery and Memorial | 17 July 1943 | |
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Buried |
24 July 1948 | Beverly National Cemetery Beverley, NJ Plot F Grave 1791 | |
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Based |
14 July 1943 |
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381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999, Roll of Honor / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia